Its plot of scientists tearing a hole into an alternative dimension was derived almost exclusively off The Mist. ![]() Most notably, the video game Half Life was initially named Quiver after Project Arrowhead. In addition to print versions of the story, it has been adapted as a film and inspired many other media projects. It was later released in the Stephen King anthology Skeleton Crew in 1986 and then as a standalone novella in 2007. The Mist was first published in a collection of supernatural horror edited by Kirby McCauley, entitled Dark Forces, in 1980. Yet, to do so, he must come face to face with the horrors of this world and beyond. He conspires to escape the supermarket and the mist which surrounds them. Salvation will come, but only after an offering of blood.ĭavid Drayton wants none of it. Carmody, they believe the mist to be a sign of the end of days. While others fall under the spell of Mrs. The “Flat Earth Society” faced with overwhelming evidence that monsters do exist, bury their head in the sand. To make matters worse, factions begin to emerge in the supermarket. Could this be the cause of the alien mist? Rumors swirl of a government research facility and a “Project Arrowhead” just outside of town. These monstrosities are not of this world. Through the haze, bizarre creatures begin to appear. David Drayton and his son, Billy, become trapped in the local supermarket. After a powerful storm, an unnatural mist settles on the town. The Mist is an ode to the cosmic horror of H. He has also built upon genres like the post-apocalypse ( The Stand) and rampant animals ( Cujo). He has helped define subgenres like weird west ( The Gunslinger) and creepy kids ( Children of the Corn). Stephen King has written about vampires, rabid dogs, ghosts, virulent plagues, blood thirsty mad men, and children with psychic powers. The man has authored just about every type of horror imaginable, not to mention his forays into mystery, science fiction, and fantasy. With over 50 novels and innumerable short stories written by King, it is hard not to have some repetition. ![]() Some share similarities with one another. He is a living legend, not only to the horror genre, but American Literature as a whole.Ĭritics often complain that his characters and storylines seem to wear a little thin. However, it is quite possible that history will show that he surpassed all of them. He is often compared with Edgar Allen Poe or Bram Stoker. Stephen King is a writer which needs no introduction. The 100 Scariest Horror Novels of All Timeīook Review for The Dreamer by Travis McBeeīook Review for What Happened at Hawthorne House by Hadassah Shiradskiīook Review for Conjuring the Witch by Jessica Leonardīook Review for Magnolia House by Kathryn Trattnerīook Review for Your Blood, My Bones by Kelly Andrewīook Review for Staked: A Vampire’s Tale by Kim Catanzariteīook Review for Craving Beauty by Jennifer Silverwoodīook Review for Beneath Gehenna by Benjamin X. Wretlind Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, Francesco Francavilla ‘Afterlife with Archie: Escape from Riverdale’ Review Horror Story of the Week – Mark Allan Gunnells: I Never Promised You a Rose Garden Top 5 Creepy Episodes of Anthology Shows Read Kevin Wetmore’s ‘Halloween Returns’ Contest Winning Story “Ben Tramer’s Not Going to Homecoming!”ĭownload the ‘Halloween Returns: A Fan Fiction Anthology’ Now for Free!įive Reasons Drunks Will Always Survive Horror Storiesīloody Good Writing Volume 2: Does Sex Sell? Slenderman Video: Author Lee McGeorge Explores the Home of Slenderman!įear the Future: 10 Great Post-Apocalyptic Horror Novels ![]() Ranking Every Stephen King Novel, From Worst to First! Here are 10 Classic Scary Stories to Read for Free!ĥ Horror Authors You Have to Read and Follow in 2016! ![]() Is Stephen King Really the Greatest Horror Contributor of All Time? Jonathan Maberry, Ramsey Campbell and 16 Other Amazing Horror Authors Tell Us What Books Terrify Them! Interview: Jack Ketchum Talks Horror Roots and New Book ‘The Secret Life of Souls’ĥ Horror Novels That Deserve a Video Game Adaptation When in Paris, Revisit Gaston Leroux’s Timeless Masterpiece ‘The Phantom of the Opera’ Thrift Store Finds: Save the Last Dance for Me
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